Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-07-19
DAR0TA COMBINATIONS.

Memo during the last year has shipped
500, GOO worth Of grain.
Last Friday the mercury was ninety
four above at Highmore.
Oropa we're damaged by hail IN por-
tions Of Brown county last week.
AT o special election at Minot 80
majority was IN favor Of incorporating
as 8 city under the general law.
A force OF brickl4yers sufficient to lay
10000 brick pr day, are at work on the
agricultural college building at Brook
aings.
Owing to the frequent rains crops OF
all kinds in western Edmunds county
are looking well. Barley will be ready
for harvesting this week, and the rest OF
the harvest will begin n.xt weak.
Mrs. Christina Rowe, near Freeman,
had her face badly cut in q wire fence.
She was raking hay, and her horse ran
away and run into a wire fence. The
horse escaped with only @ few scratches.
Dakotaians pensioned: Widow j..
Hilsinger, Running water; minors j. w.
Wright, Huron; widow j. w. Wright,
Huron; E. g. Joy, Eik Point, O. w.
Wilmer, Broadiand; FL. Darli, Plankin-
ton.
Judge Spencer has granted . tempo
rary Injunction, restraining the removal
of the Brown county records from Col
umbia to Aberdeen. The case will be
argued before Judge Spencer at Huron,
j uly %.
A petition signed by half the legal
voters in Brookings county was present.
ed to the board last week asking them
to call an election in November, to vote
for or against the local option law. The
friends of temperance are Hanguine OF
success.
Reports from Wednesday nights storm
in Brown county show serious damage
in places. The house and barn OF David
Hill, southeast of Aberdeen, were totally
destroyed. At Warner, Miss Carrie Titus
was; killed by lightning which struck her
fathers house.
William a. Seward G. A. r. post of
jamestown will have a three days en-
campment at Spiritwood lake July 81 to
90, under the joint auspices of the G. A.
r. post, the Women's Relief corps and
tie Sons of Veterans-each organization
having o day in Its full charge.
The condition OF crops in Cass county
and the valley generally has been COM
stantly improving lately. The outlook
indicates g fair crop. In this country
it will probably average two.tkirds OF
last years yield, should the weather
continue fairly favorable from now until
harvest.
The two days. base ball tournament
closed at Redfield Saturday afternoon.
Six clubs contested for purseR, aggregat-
ing $40. Ashton, Doland, Frankfort,
Condo and Rsdfield were represented.
Condo won the fret purse, $50, Ashton
second, SAD; Doland third $40; Redield
the ball and bat. The games were i'm
terestinR and attracted a good crowd.
Hutchinson county reports the first
threshing for this years orop-a twelve
acre piece of rye, which yielded about
twelve and 9 half bushels per acre. a
piece OF barley yielded about thirty
bushels. Wheat in that aeotion ,s more
than an average, but flax and oats are
rather light. Corn never looked better,
and there ls planted a very large acreage,
The citizens' committee to secure the
bonus for the location of the Congrega-
tionai college at Fargo, that
enough money has been subscribed to
enable them to accept the proposition
made by the general association of the
Congregational church. The school will
be commenced this fall in q temporary
building aud in the course OF a year PER
narnent structures, costing some $40, 600,
will be erected.
Maj. Eaateily, special agent OF the
land department, is In jamestown to
inspect certain claims by order Of the
commissioners. He will also report to
the general land Office the condition OF q
sample township in StutHman county aa
regards filing ACCOMPLISHMENTS, mort
cages, transfers and improvements, and
has selected township 1858. A similar
report will also be made of several OF the
townships in the Bismarck and Grand
Forks districts.
A fatal accident occurred between
Freeman and Marion Junction Thursday
afternoon, in which Henry Unruh, 9
well to do Russian farmer about 62
years OF age, met his death. They had
just set up and were starting his self
binder (hiH son was driving) when the
team ran away and ran into the old man
and literally ont HIM to pieces. His
right hip was cut-nearly off and broken,
one side OF his head or scalp cut off
80 q portion of the brain as large as o
silver dollar VISA exposed. A guard also
run into his head and pushed out one
OF his eyes. Mr, Unruh died about
o'clock the next morning.